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Terrified to announce

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rmiller93 wrote:

So as it gets closer to my 2nd trimester I am having trouble with the announcing to my family. This is my Fiances 3rd kid and unfortunately his divorce has just went threw and she gave birth to his 2nd son on Aug 10th 3 days after i found out that i was pregnant. Of course my family says that i dont need any kids right now considering that we have full custody of both his boys she only has them 2 days a week. I am 24 have a full time job and have my own home. What do i do this has me more stressed than anything!!

once you get past announcing the only other bad part will be the actual birth so just tell them when you're comfortable and then enjoy your pregnancy because you're the mommy, not anyone else. So don't take anyone's ***.

If you can't bare the criticism don't say anything until you are CLEARLY pregnant. They won't even attempt to stress you out because they'll be able to literally see that you are carrying a child and wouldn't want to harm the baby by stressing you out. My husband told his Mom about 4 weeks into my pregnancy and I was upset because I hadn't planned on telling anyting until I was at least 3-4 months due to the critical nature of our family members.

As unusual and difficult this situation may be, This is not for your family to decide if you keep your child. ( I do not know anyone who regretted having a child, but all women i kniw who had an abortion regretted it later in life.) I hope you will reach the right decision for you.

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